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<h1>The Dots</h1>
<h2>Help</h2>
<h3>Contents</h3>
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<li><a href="#a">Login screen</a>
<li><a href="#b">Main window</a>
<li><a href="#c">Creating new player profile</a>
<li><a href="#d">Changing existing player profile</a>
<li><a href="#e">Game settings</a>
<li><a href="#f">Starting new game</a>
<li><a href="#g">Aborting game</a>
<li><a href="#h">Rating</a>
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<h3><a name=a>Login screen</h3>
<p>Each player should have it's own profile. Profile
is selected on first dialog you after executing the game.
On first game start there are no profiles and you should
<a href="#c">create</a> new. </p>
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You your profile already exists, it will be shown in list.
By double clicking on it, or typing profile name in
respective field and pressing "Enter" on keyboard
 or pushing button "Enter" button.
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<p>Player profile may be protected by password. Is such case
you should also type password in appropriate field.
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<h3><a name=b>Main window</h3>                     
<p>When you login, main window will be shown. </p>
<p>From menu you can <a href="#f">start new game</a>, 
exit, <a href="#d">modify your profile</a>, 
<a href="#e">change game settings</a>, view <a href="#h">
rating</a> and call help.</p>
<p>All these actions could be done from main menu or toolbar/</p>

<h3><a name=c>Creating new player profile</h3>     
<p>When you firstly run the game, or starting new game and want 
to add new opponent, "creating new player" dialog will be shown.</p>
<p>Each profile has name, password (may be empty), color and userpic.</p>
<p>Player color is user as color for player's dots. Userpic is used
in login screen. It may be photo or some another pic. It will be 
resized as needed automatically.</p>
<p>Player name should be unique.</p>

<h3><a name=d>Changing existing player profile</h3>
<p>When you are logged in, you can change your profile.
Profile changing dialog is fully identical dialog for
<a href="#c">creating new profile</a>.</p>

<h3><a name=e>Game settings</h3>
<p>Game have only one parameter. Game size. It can vary from 10 to 35.</p>
              
<h3><a name=f>Starting new game</h3>               
<p>To start new game call appropriate action from main window.</p>
<p>Then you are ordered to select opponent. It should be any another
player. But if opponent's profile is protected with password, you must
enter it to play with that player.</p>

<h3><a name=g>Aborting game</h3>
<p>You always can abort game. All statistic, collected during this game 
will be saved.</p>

<h3><a name=h>Rating</h3>
<p>10 players, who have won more dots, than other, gets to the rating.
Rating is sorted by number of won dots. But also you can see lost dots
and total time played.
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<p>
You can save rating to some file, and later restore one. Alse you can 
export rating to html-page, that can be viewed in any web-browser.
</p>

<p align=right><small>Mikhail Kalugin, 2005<small></p>
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